Haq Memorial Lectures

The Mahbub-ul-Haq Memorial Lecture is given by a leading academic or practitioner who has made important contributions to the field of Human Development, broadly understood. The lecture commemorates the contribution of Mahbub-ul-Haq to this field, and was previously held every two years. With support from the UNDP Human Development Report Office, the lecture will become an annual feature of HDCA conferences starting in 2014.

Past lectures:

2017: Selim Jahan, Director of the Human Development Report Office (HDRO) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York.

2016: Rima Khalaf, Former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia from 2010 to 2017.

2015: Ernesto Zedillo, Former President of Mexico, Yale University. “Tales from Latin America and Africa: Growing Policy Challenges at a Time of Vanishing Tailwinds”

2014: Dame Barbara Mary Stocking, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. "Changing Public Policies to Achieve Human Development and Public Good: Lessons from 12 years as CE of a campaigning organization."

2013: Susan Pick, National University of Mexico. "Psychosocial Barriers as Impediments to the Expansion of Functionings and Capabilities: the Case of Mexico"

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